Education

• J.D., West Virginia University College of Law (1994)
  • Moot Court Board
  • National Moot Court Team
• B.A., West Virginia University (1990)
  • summa cum laude
  • Mountain Honorary
  • WVU Honors Program
  • WVU Scholars Program
  • Sigma Tau Delta English Honorary

Bar Admissions

• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• Virginia Supreme Court
• U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 

Affiliations

• West Virginia State Bar
• Virginia State Bar
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (Litigation Section, Construction Law Section)
• Defense Research Institute – Voice of the Defense Bar (Construction Law Committee)
• Defense Trial Counsel, West Virginia (Construction Law Committee)
• West Virginia Bar Foundation, Inc.
• Horses with Hearts, Inc. (Board of Directors)

Professional Highlights

• President, Eastern Panhandle Bar Association, formerly Berkeley County Bar Association (2007- present)
• President, West Virginia Bar Foundation, Inc. (2010-2011)
• Regularly counsels and advises developers, contractors and subcontractors in all phases of the construction process, including contract preparation and review
• Regularly represents contractors in construction defect litigation and arbitration
• Represents both owners, contractors, and subcontractors in filing, enforcing, and defending mechanic’s liens in West Virginia and Virginia
• Regularly represents clients in right-of-way disputes, encroachment actions, and partition suits
• Represents landlords in lease disputes, including commercial eviction
• Regularly represents clients in insurance defense litigation involving auto accidents, personal injury, premises liability, and workplace safety
• Represented owners, contractors and subcontractors in toxic tort litigation (radon litigation, mold litigation)